The importance of public place in the United States of America as an environment for communication, the transmission of cultural values and for the enhancement of society and community, using a comprehensive notion of entertainment as a catalyst.creative projectThis project intends to develop a catalogue of design implications for the design of a public place that successfully serves the community enhancement and the cultural transmission. This catalogue of design implications will be the result of the extensive research on the American culture, on the elements of cultural expression with emphasis on the use of entertainment as a catalyst, on the elements of urban history and the urban environment as well as on the social and commercial success of public place.contextThe context of this research is the number of issues American urban environments are facing. Most of the problems in their combination are the source of numerous urban issues. Some of the key issues that have developed on this basis are e.g. the loss of human scale or e.g. the need for a collective vision, community and cultural identity. These issues are strongly interrelated with another.issueThese are some of the deficiencies that lead to the key issue of this project: the loss of community manifested by urban isolation and fragmentation and problems relating to the humane environments and settings. Nevertheless community and cultural enhancement can help to create a greater awareness for the prerequisites for a healthy living environment. Community and cultural enhancement help to stimulate greater self-sufficiency helping to address the previously mentioned issues at their sources. The premise is that community is an essential ingredient in cohesive urban and suburban neighborhoods and is part of the positive image of a well designed and maintained city fabric.positionThe focus of this work is the community, the public place and the cultural expression with emphasis on entertainment. In the same order they represent the issue, the place and the catalyst. This work claims that entertainment can be used to design an environment enhancing community and communication. The assumption related with entertainment is that social interaction and collective well being are essential parts of community structure and therefore activities related to entertainment help to foster a collective vision.methodThe first step to prove this position is to identify the issues concerning urban settlements in the United States of America. The urban context has to be defined. The second step is to define the cultural context and to analyze the notion of entertainment as a means of cultural expression and its potential to serve as a catalyst. The third step is to identify the elements of social and commercial success of a public environment using at least two models defining those elements. Each of the three steps concludes in a set of architectural values and design elements. The fourth step is to deduce a catalogue of design implications from the information collected. This last step proposes the practical application of this research. The anticipated results of this project should be regarded as a suggestion for the practical application of this research based on the observation of and reflections on the research results, hopefully resulting in the identification of additional questions for further research. / Department of Architecture

Yuen Kit See Tina. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1. --- Personal Design Objectives --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- The Subject --- p.2 / Chapter 3. --- The Client --- p.2 / Chapter 4. --- The Site --- p.2 / PROJECT / Chapter 1. --- Subject Analysis / Chapter 1.1 --- Brief Formation --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Precedents --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Building Material --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Architectural Language --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5 --- Landscape --- p.12 / Chapter 2. --- Client Profile / Chapter 2.1 --- HKSAR Government --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Legislative Council --- p.16 / Chapter 3. --- Site Analysis / Chapter 3.1 --- Development Potential --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Vista --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Transportation --- p.20 / Chapter 3.4 --- Climate and Environment --- p.21 / Chapter 3.5 --- Zoning and Height Limitation --- p.22 / PROCESS / Chapter 1. --- Urban Design Level --- p.23 / Chapter 2. --- Building Design Level --- p.27 / FINAL PRODUCT / Chapter 1. --- Urban Design Level / Chapter 1.1 --- Major Planning Strategy --- p.33 / Chapter 1.2 --- Landscape --- p.35 / Chapter 1.3 --- Transportation --- p.36 / Chapter 2. --- Building Design Level / Chapter 2.1 --- Site Planning --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2 --- Landscape --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Massing, Structure, Functional Relationship" --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4 --- Elevation --- p.40 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1. --- Program for Urban Design Level / Chapter 2. --- Program for Building Design Level / Chapter 3. --- Final Drawings

A growing body of research suggests that certain environmental conditions may positively contribute to the healing process. Consequently, the medical and design professions are now exploring how the medical environment - both indoors and out - can better support the health and well being of its patients and their caregivers. Landscape architects and environmental psychologists are contributing to the growing interest in healing environments by exploring the relationship between nature, therapeutic gardens, and patient healing.One result of this interest has been the formulation of design recommendations for therapeutic gardens serving specific populations such as those with Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS or psychiatric illnesses. However, little attention has been given to therapeutic gardens designed to meet the needs of cancer patients even though a number of such gardens already exist. The purpose of this project is to identify design guidelines for therapeutic gardens that support the health and well being of cancer patients and to use these guidelines to design a model garden.The research for this project focused on two areas. First, literature review and interviews with employees of Ball Memorial Hospital were used to establish a base knowledge of cancer, including the emotional, physical and psychological characteristics associated with it. Next, characteristics of healing environments for cancer patients were determined through literature review, review of case studies and interviews with Ball Memorial Hospital employees. Based upon this research, design guidelines were established for therapeutic gardens serving cancer patients and applied in a design for Ball Memorial Hospital's soon to be completed CancerCenter. / Department of Landscape Architecture

Orientador: Leandro Silva Medrano / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T09:01:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nagle_CassiaBartsch_M.pdf: 114125407 bytes, checksum: 4d7ad9795401543bffdda21ccdc1ede9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Recentemente o processo de urbanização das cidades brasileiras tem seguido um modelo de expansão horizontal, com a construção de novos bairros afastados dos centros urbanos, e com moradias em áreas periféricas. Dentre os problemas decorrentes, destacam-se a ocupação de áreas cada vez maiores, os problemas ambientais, a ocupação de áreas de proteção e de áreas de risco, os problemas sociais, a gentrificação, a especulação imobiliária, o distanciamento de locais de trabalho, a falta de infraestrutura adequada, além de problemas com assentamentos precários e habitações de baixa qualidade. Em resposta, arquitetos e urbanistas apontam, há algumas décadas, a necessidade de "retorno ao centro", sendo atribuída à habitação, dentre outras soluções, potencialidade de melhoria das áreas centrais, adensadas e consolidadas. Ainda que haja variadas pesquisas sobre o assunto, na atualidade, ainda existem lacunas na bibliografia, principalmente no que diz respeito à análise crítica das práticas recentes e à formulação de novas teorias. Portanto, o objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar as possibilidades metodológicas, teóricas e projetuais, na arquitetura e urbanismo contemporâneos, para projetos de habitação de interesse social em centros urbanos consolidados. Para tanto, foram analisados projetos recentes de habitação de interesse social na área central da cidade de São Paulo, reunindo e organizando documentos sobre o tema da habitação social no Brasil, a fim de se contribuir com o processo de elaboração de novos projetos dos programas habitacionais e de suprir a lacuna existente na bibliografia. Complementarmente, realizou-se a análise e a comparação da base teórica, técnica e metodológica de tais projetos com outros, de natureza semelhante, apresentados em áreas centrais de Madri no começo do século XXI. Os estudos de caso revelam boas soluções de projetos preocupados com o contexto urbano e a qualidade dos resultados. Nesse sentido, esta pesquisa pretende contribuir com a discussão sobre a produção habitacional no país, em contraste com a realidade na Espanha / Abstract: The process of urbanization of Brazilian cities has recently followed a horizontal expansion model, with the construction of new districts far from urban centers, and with housing construction on the outskirts of the cities. Among the problems originating from this, one should emphasize the occupation of increasingly larger areas, the environmental problems, the occupation of protected areas and risk areas, the social problems, the gentrification, the land speculation, the distancing from workplaces, the lack of adequate infrastructure and the problems with slums or substandard housing and poor quality housing. In response, architects and city planners have been pointing out for decades the necessity of "returning to the center", assigning to housing, among other solutions, the potentiality for improvement of dense and consolidated central areas. Despite extensive research on the topic, at present, there still are lacunas in the bibliography, mainly regarding the critical analysis on recent practices and on the formulation of new theories. Thus, the objective of this research is to analyze the methodological, theoretical and project possibilities in contemporary architecture and city planning for social housing projects in consolidated urban centers. With this purpose, projects of social housing in the central area of the city of São Paulo were analyzed, and documents about the topic of social housing in Brazil were collected and organized. All this was done in an effort to contribute to the process of elaboration of new projects for housing programs and to contribute towards filling the lacuna that exists in the bibliography. In addition, these Brazilian projects were contrasted to Spanish projects of a similar nature, elaborated in central areas of Madrid, in the beginning of the 21st century; the analysis and comparison of the theoretical, technical and methodological basis of both sets of projects were made. The case studies reveal good project solutions concerned with the urban context and the quality of the results. In this manner, this research aims at contributing to the discussion on housing production in the country, in contrast to the reality in Spain / Mestrado / Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade / Mestra em Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade

There is a phenomenon of placelessness. Cities have look-alike landscapes. This sameness leads to a lack of significant places and a loss of sense of place. In addition to that, with the suburban sprawl and downtown deterioration, there is an increasing need for downtown revitalization. Cities call for vibrant and pleasant places with characters.In a world where most cities are getting more similar with each other and where people can't tell whom they are and where they come from, placemaking actions should be welcomed. Placemaking respects the genius of the place and finds links between traditions and our present experience of life.This thesis presents an overview of placemaking including its definition, history, categories, functions, principles and actions. Its purpose is to apply placemaking into the design of a city plaza in downtown Muncie to make a place that links people to history, to culture, and to other people. By doing that, this creative project tries to illustrate that placemaking is a valuable strategy in urban regeneration. / Department of Landscape Architecture

O conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável tem sido discutido nos setores da sociedade, buscando uma visão abrangente e integrada das melhorias e soluções para os crescentes problemas ambientais, sociais e econômicos. Como resultado, profissionais envolvidos com projetos de instituições de ensino superior vêm discutindo a inserção de práticas que minimizem os impactos gerados por suas construções de bibliotecas, principalmente quando é necessário estabelecer uma relação entre o edifício, a saúde dos ocupantes e a qualidade das atividades desempenhadas. Nesse sentido os sistemas de avaliação ambiental vêm sendo difundidos no Brasil, e por meio desses procura-se a conscientização quanto aos impactos ambientais gerados pelos edifícios durante as fases de planejamento, construção e operação. No entanto, o que incorporar como práticas que visem à sustentabilidade em projetos de bibliotecas universitárias? Para responder a esse questionamento, este trabalho utilizou-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica para o levantamento dos conceitos considerados inerentes ao tema, assim como análise de projetos dentro da área em questão com princípios de sustentabilidade. Igualmente, foram estudados os critérios atuais presentes nos sistemas de avaliação ambiental, dentre os quais foram aprofundados o LEED, o AQUA - HQE e o PBE - Edifica. Através dessa análise, foram identificados os parâmetros utilizados de maneira que auxiliassem na proposição de diretrizes e, por meio de questionário aplicado aos usuários das bibliotecas da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), buscou-se um aprofundamento das questões que implicam a qualidade desses espaços, verificando a incorporação de critérios, bem como as variáveis que fazem parte do processo de projeto. Finalmente, através dos conceitos apresentados ao longo do trabalho e do estudo das condicionantes, chegou-se à proposição das diretrizes, as quais visam orientar os arquitetos a incorporar os conceitos de sustentabilidade no planejamento e projetos de arquiteturas de bibliotecas universitárias. / The concept of sustainable development has been widely discussed in many sectors of society, aiming an integrated and comprehensive vision of improvements and solutions for the growing environmental, social and economic problems. As a result, professionals, working with projects in higher education institutions, have been discussing the inclusion of practices that minimize the impact caused by the construction of their own libraries, especially when it is necessary to establish a connection between the edification, the occupant health and the quality of performed activities. In this regard, the environmental assessment systems have been widespread in Brazil and through those we seek to raise awareness related to the environmental impact made by the buildings during the stages of planning, construction and operation. However, what incorporate as practices aimed at sustainability in university libraries Projects? To answer this, it was made a literature review to find the concepts inherent to the university libraries theme, as well as was analyzed projects within the area in question with greater sustainability features. Also, the current sustainability criteria presented in the evaluation systems were analyzed, among which were detailed LEED, AQUA-HQE and PBE-Edifica. Through this analysis we identified the parameters used in a way to assist in a proposition of sustainability guidelines and using a survey applied to the library users of the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), we sought a deepening of the issues that imply the quality of these spaces by checking the incorporation of sustainability criteria as well as the variables that are part of the project process. Ultimately, through the ideas presented throughout the work, along with the study of conditions, we came to the proposition of guidelines for incorporating sustainability concepts in planning and architecture projects of university libraries.